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| A morning digest from Yahoo News
by Lily Herman |
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| Good morning, all. A cross-country storm is projected to bring heavy snow to the West before making its way to the East Coast by Wednesday. Now, on to the news. |
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Need to know | The Supreme Court will hear arguments today over Texas and Florida laws that would bar social media sites from removing users’ posts, potentially even when they're harmful. |
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| | The cases: Opponents of the laws say they infringe on the sites’ First Amendment rights. State officials argue the restrictions would regulate business behavior, not speech, and prevent sites from silencing conservatives. [CNN] |
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| | The stakes: The ruling could determine how much influence the government has over the biggest U.S. social media platforms, and how they’re regulated going forward. [New York Times] |
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| | Messi’s first 2024 goal | Inter Miami’s game against the L.A. Galaxy ended in a 1-1 draw after Lionel Messi scored his first goal of the season in the last minutes of the match. [Yahoo Sports] |
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| | AT&T outage | AT&T announced it will give $5 billing credits to consumers impacted or potentially impacted by last Thursday’s major 10-hour wireless outage. [Bloomberg] |
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| | Promising allergy drug | A clinical trial found that asthma medication Xolair could significantly reduce severe allergic reactions in people exposed to various food allergens, reducing life-threatening risks from accidental exposures. [NBC News] |
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| | Ukraine’s death toll | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s invasion began two years ago. Other estimates have put the number much higher. [BBC News] |
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| | RNC chair to resign | Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced she’ll step down next week. Donald Trump has backed North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley to take the role. [GMA] |
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| | Buffalo Wild Wings is making good on its Super Bowl promise and offering free wings between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. local time. [USA Today] |
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| | The Voice fans, Season 25 premieres at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Pop duo Dan + Shay will join as a single coaching team. [People] |
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| | The Heat take on the Kings at 10 p.m. ET on NBC Sports. Heat star Jimmy Butler won’t play due to a suspension. [NBC Sports] |
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 | Today in history |  | At the 89th Academy Awards in 2017, La La Land was accidentally announced as the Best Picture winner. Its producer Jordan Horowitz corrected the error onstage. “There’s a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture,” he said. [Variety] | Illustration: Yahoo News; Kevin Winter/Getty Images |
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3 Questions... | about the state of the GOP primary | Donald Trump won South Carolina’s GOP primary over the weekend. Yahoo News Correspondent Andrew Romano breaks down the results and what comes next. |
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| | What do Saturday’s results tell us about the GOP race? |
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| That the GOP is still Trump’s party. Nikki Haley lost by 20 points in her home state. Candidates usually drop out when that happens. |
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| | Haley has vowed to stay in the race until at least Super Tuesday. Why? |
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| Trump needs 1,215 delegates to clinch the nomination. He has 110. Hundreds more are at stake on Super Tuesday — many in states where independents (Haley’s biggest supporters) can vote. |
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| | Is there any way Haley could still win the nomination? |
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| Only if something seismic happens. Otherwise, Trump’s delegate lead is likely to explode as bigger states with winner-take-all rules start to vote. |
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 | A rendering of the reptile | Marlene Donelly via National Museums of Scotland |
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| | Scientists discovered a 240-million-year-old fossil in China that one researcher said resembled a “long and snakelike mythical Chinese dragon.” The reptile, which measures 16 feet long, has 32 separate neck vertebrae. [CBS News] |
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Have a wonderful day. See you tomorrow! |
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| 💡 P.S. Before you go, your daily advice: Want to improve your balance? Experts recommend standing on each leg for 30 seconds. [Yahoo Life] |
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About me: I’m Lily, and I write The Yodel. My goal is to help you keep up with the news each morning. Have feedback? Email me. |
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